XAirports vs Sim Checklists
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XAirports
Enhance your flight simulation experience by using your iPad or iPhone as a second monitor for X-Plane. Access airport data, control flight parameters, and view real-time flight information, all wirelessly connected to your simulator.
- Second monitor for X-Plane
- Airport database with frequencies
- Real-time flight parameter control
- Interactive flight tracking
- Navigation and SID/STAR charts
- Auto-Pilot and Transponder settings
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XAirports turns your iPad/iPhone into a 2nd monitor to use in conjunction with the flight simulator X-Plane. The app comes with a database of all 35000 airports together with the associated ATC, VOR and ILS frequencies. Important flight parameters can be set during flight and sent via Wi-Fi to X-Plane, avoiding the need to memorize data or pause the simulator. Parameters that can be transmitted: - COM and NAV frequencies (ATC, ILS, VOR) - position of your aircraft on an airport (on a runway or 3/10 nm at approach) - Auto-Pilot and Transponder settings (AUX in-App Purchase) - Thrust, Flaps, Trims, Brakes, Landing gear (HUD in-App Purchase) The app can also display a lot of flight parameters in real-time: - interactive flight tracking of the player aircraft, up to 7 AI aircraft, all 34000 airports and 9000 VOR - 1500 Navigation and SID/STAR charts (subject to online availability, internet connection required, AUX in-app purchase). - Thrust, Flaps, Trims, Brakes, Landing gear, Position, Altitude, Speed (FlyHUD iAP) *SUPPORTED FLIGHT SIMULATORS -X-Plane 9.70 -X-Plane 10 -X-Plane 11 -running on Mac, Linux, Windows -no X-Plane plug-in installation required!
Sim Checklists
This app provides interactive checklists for popular flight simulators, allowing users to manage cockpit procedures directly on their mobile device. It offers a challenge-and-response format, progress tracking, and works offline, enhancing the flight simulation experience.
- Interactive challenge-and-response checklists
- Progress tracking with visual indicators
- Offline functionality
- Aircraft-specific checklists
- Haptic feedback
- Dark mode and VoiceOver support
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Flight Sim Checklists keeps the cockpit flow in your hand while you fly on the sim. Pick your aircraft, work the checklist challenge-and-response style, and tap each line as it's called — no scrolling a PDF on a second monitor, no losing your place halfway down the approach. Built for desktop simmers who fly with a phone or tablet propped up next to the yoke. AIRCRAFT INCLUDED • Airbus A320 / A330 — 11 sections, Cockpit Preparation through Securing the Aircraft • Airbus A300 — 9 sections, Before Start through Securing Aircraft • Boeing 737 NG — 10 sections, Preflight through Secure 158 items in total, written in the ACTION → RESPONSE layout used on the flight deck, so what you read matches what you'd hear. RUN A CHECKLIST • Tap any line to check it off — it dims so your eye lands on what's left • Mark a whole section complete in one tap, or unmark it to run it again • Move between sections with buttons labelled with the actual next and previous section names • Haptic feedback on every check, with a distinct confirmation when a section completes SEE WHERE YOU ARE • A progress ring on each aircraft card shows how far through the flight you are • The section menu colour-codes every section: not started, in progress, or complete • Reopen an aircraft and it drops you straight back at the first section you haven't finished • Aircraft with a flight in progress sort to the top of the home screen • Reset a single section or the whole aircraft whenever you want a clean start • Progress clears itself after a day of inactivity, so the next flight never starts half-checked BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD • iPad runs a two-column layout — section list on the left, live checklist on the right • iPhone keeps the checklist full-screen with the section list one tap away • Portrait and landscape, so it works flat on the desk or clipped to a stand • Dark mode, Dynamic Type, and full VoiceOver labelling on every item NO STRINGS • Works completely offline — every checklist ships inside the app • No account, no sign-in, no subscription • No ads, no analytics, no tracking, nothing collected about you For flight simulation and training-familiarisation use only. Not for use in real-world aviation. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Airbus, Boeing, Microsoft, or any aircraft manufacturer or simulator publisher. Always fly the real aircraft by its official, current documentation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: XAirports at 75% against Sim Checklists's 0%. XAirports also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 26.0). Sim Checklists's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Sim Checklists is free to download; XAirports costs $1.99 up front. XAirports sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sim Checklists asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sim Checklists holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: XAirports has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of XAirports's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sim Checklists's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
XAirports ships an update every 2 months, Sim Checklists every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XAirports | Sim Checklists |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.7 (7 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Udo Thiel | Leon Nwankwo |
Customer experience
XAirports
Sim Checklists
In-app purchases
XAirports
- Expansion 1: AUX Controls$0.99
- Expansion 2: Fly / HUD$0.99
Sim Checklists
No in-app purchases
Questions
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